Join us on June 23 from 4-6 p.m. for a discussion on the role of the patent system in governing emerging technologies, on the launch of Shobita Parthasarathy's Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017). The event is generously sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation, and Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes. RSVP for the event here.

Keynote SpeakerShobita ParthasarathyAssociate Professor of Public Policy and Women's StudiesDirector, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program University of Michigan

ModeratorEleonore PauwelsSenior Program AssociateDirector of Biology CollectivesScience and Technology Innovation ProgramWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

PanelistsDaniel SarewitzCo-Director, Consortium for Science, Policy & OutcomesProfessor of Science and Society, School for the Future of Innovation in Society

Students will be watching the livestream together in Ann Arbor beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Betty Classroom located in the Joan and Sanford Weill Hall (735 S. State St.). Come hang out with other Fordies and learn about patent politics. Light snacks and drinks will be available. Please RSVP to Farah Mandich at fmandich@umich.edu or on Facebook here.